Im new to the business, but never climbed before. Any advice?

BooRad said:
If/when a pull cord breaks on your saw, can you fix and get er going again?

Ever change chipper blades at dusk to roll tomorrow AM?
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My impact doesn't click into the sockets. We had to pull the top off the thing with the tractor to get it out, and then I started wrapping whatever the square 1/2" drive thing is called in duct tape.
 
evo said:
Dude messaged and wanted to know if I’d run out and train his crew.

It’s about 400 miles from me, and I’m swamped with work. It would be a pretty penny for sure. Training takes much more than a weekend
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Well that kind of thing takes months. And that is for a quick learn. Slower types could take abot 18 month to get reasonably proficient in small removals and medium prunes.
 
BooRad said:
If/when a pull cord breaks on your saw, can you fix and get er going again?

Ever change chipper blades at dusk to roll tomorrow AM?
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Yep, also sharpen many chains , clean saws, dump truck, everything fueled, skid loaded, about to head out to cone off street for crane, check messages , check emails , return calls, schedule work Sat and Sun to get caught up that's just after 4pm shit.
Bango Skank said:
You'd learn so much if you could go work with a busy tree service. Start on the ground and become familiar and comfortable with various chainsaws and learn how wood behaves and reacts when cut and pulled and pushed.

If Evo can put you to work and teach you, you'd benefit greatly. You can learn alot about rigging by working the ground.

Not easy with a full time job already, I know, but it's the best advice I can offer, besides taking up recreational climbing as a hobby.
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In this day of instant gratification people don't want to spend the time to do anything, they want it NOW. This guy cares nothing about the craft. He is only looking at the money. To everyone on this site who has put in the time we know this is crazy talk.
 
swingdude said:
Well that kind of thing takes months. And that is for a quick learn. Slower types could take abot 18 month to get reasonably proficient in small removals and medium prunes.
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And it takes much longer to translate that into bidding jobs to make money. I am with you, I don't really respect owners who cant do the work or have done the work. This seems to be the norm though. This guy has no interest in tree work he only cares about money. He will have a rude awakening. We both know this is a complex profession with serious consequences.
 
@owScott . To think one is going to get into treework for money is one insane human looking for disappointment. Treework graft is about passion and absolute love for the craft primarily. After that maybe just maybe one can reep some financial reward and feed one's family and live nicely. Get rich? Highly doubtful.
 
swingdude said:
@owScott . To think one is going to get into treework for money is one insane human looking for disappointment. Treework graft is about passion and absolute love for the craft primarily. After that maybe just maybe one can reep some financial reward and feed one's family and live nicely. Get rich? Highly doubtful.
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Yes, I am fortunate to still have love and passion for this after all these years. The financial rewards came later. For this guy to come on here and talk about banking money and taking advantage of this industry offends me.
 
owScott said:
And so satisfying beyond just a job.
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In the months preceding retirement I started to reflect on my career. One thing that came to me is the good fortune to have spent all of my working life doing work that was fulfilling and rewarding on so many levels.

Another realization is that I had jobs along the way that ran the gamut from soul-sucking awful to ones that gave me so much. More good jobs than bad.

That made me realize that I made a good choice to become an arborist.
 
owScott said:
Yes, I am fortunate to still have love and passion for this after all these years. The financial rewards came later. For this guy to come on here and talk about banking money and taking advantage of this industry offends me.
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Honestly you and I both. Offensive is mild when I was reading his posts I could not help wanting to put him in his place but have just kept my mouth shut. I can get very harsh at times on here. I find suits and their talk of making bank nauseating.
 
Tom Dunlap said:
In the months preceding retirement I started to reflect on my career. One thing that came to me is the good fortune to have spent all of my working life doing work that was fulfilling and rewarding on so many levels.

Another realization is that I had jobs along the way that ran the gamut for soul-sucking awful to ones that gave me so much. More good jobs than bad.

That made me realize that I made a good choice to become an arborist.
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I agree. So when someone says they want get into this industry for the money they got their cart in front of their horse and that fires people up.
 
Tom Dunlap said:
In the months preceding retirement I started to reflect on my career. One thing that came to me is the good fortune to have spent all of my working life doing work that was fulfilling and rewarding on so many levels.

Another realization is that I had jobs along the way that ran the gamut from soul-sucking awful to ones that gave me so much. More good jobs than bad.

That made me realize that I made a good choice to become an arborist.
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You did. And we all thank you for it.
 
rico said:
You are spot on about that Rico character being a grumpy A-hole, but the rest is utter nonsense. No doubt you already know that though Colb?

I saw his long his list of accomplishment in the last 3 months, but the one thing I don't see is him actually climbing and working in a tree?

My advice is not only to protect Jargon, but to also protect his potential clients.

The bottom line is that books and the inter web are a great supplement, but will never replace the hands on, real world experience of working under a pro for a few years.
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I did internets, didn't work under a pro... Just did a whole crown reduction and dead wood prune on a 45" diameter live oak over a house today, and dumped some paclobutrazol on the root crown. It can be done. There is no pro in town doing reduction prunes. I have the whole market.
 
BooRad said:
If/when a pull cord breaks on your saw, can you fix and get er going again?

Ever change chipper blades at dusk to roll tomorrow AM?
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I broke a pull cord and took it to the shop. They ordered a new assembly and repaired it, then I went to back to doing *tree care*.

Chippers are market-specific. Around here they can loose money.
 
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